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In Reply to: Re: On the subject of Fundamentalists posted by Bystander on November 19, 2002 at 13:56:43:
I can see clearly what Goth is saying and the point that you are making too.
I figure since I automatically know what kind of people Goth is referring to when she says, fundies or fundamentalists it doesn't matter what the dictionary says.
Sometimes that's the problem with dictionary definitions: because the meaning in the language being used, especially in the cyber accelerated information world community, can be so kinetic. I vote for liberalism in allowing subjectivity to the communicator's choice of language usage, & tolerance for personalized conveyances of meaning for what will thereby be understood; as opposed to mere dictionary fundamentals ...oh oh ...there's that word again ...the f word.
Maybe my opinion stems from the fact that I teach English as a second language to adults. A writer will probably be more discriminatory. Now there another word with multiple functions.
Wow that reminds of a paper I had to write when I took the course for my teacher's certificate: it had to do with Concept Questions and Meaning, Form, & Function. I barely scratched the surface in the research I had to do to get the work done, but it helped to see language in a way I never before dreamed existed.
